and to expand our portfolio of seven hundred field studies in the aftermath of disasters, catastrophes, and community crises.

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The DRC Experience

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​​DRC graduate students at the Natural Hazards Workshop, 2016

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Student Professionalism

DRC believes that students are essential to the Center's research and service mission. External grants typically support students to present work on funded projects. However, gifts to DRC allowed us to support, in 2016, an additional 15 students to present their independent research and participate in meetings both in the US and abroad.

With gratitude, these are just a few of the students you helped support this year:

Flavio Lopes Ribeiro was able to present his paper on the "Usefulness and Practical Application of the Concept of Resilience in Disaster Science & Management" at The 3rd World Congress on Resilience held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. He focused his presentation on how varying concepts of resilience (as a process or an outcome) have different impacts on policy-making, projects and practices in disaster risk reduction.

Diego Fernandez Otegui traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in The 4th World Conference on Humanitarian Studies organized by the International Humanitarian Studies Association. Diego presented two papers at the conference: "Urban Field Disaster Response: A Mixed Coordination Model for Operations in Urban Marginal Settings" and "Humanitarian Response and Organized Crime: An Exploratory Essay on the Need for International Regulation to Control Humanitarian Organizations."

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The Enrico L. Quarantelli Memorial Funds

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Professor Enrico L. Quarantelli

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Professor Enrico L. Quarantelli established three funds to support disaster research, education, and scholarship. Those wishing to honor the memory of DRC co-founder and Professor Emeritus Enrico L. (Henry) Quarantelli may consider making a gift to the following funds.

The collection is used and visited annually by scholars and officials from around the world. Donations to the resource collection, the world's largest specialized disaster library, will enable continued acquisition and preservation of disaster books, periodicals, articles, consultant reports, artifacts, and other items.

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UD Giving

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The University's secure site ensures that your credit card, along with all other information you submit, will be processed in a safe and protected environment. You may also make a gift online using a check. There are many ways to make a gift to DRC and UD. To learn more about giving to the University of Delaware: www.udel.edu/giving

Questions about your contribution?

If you have any questions about your donation, please contact the Office of Annual Giving. Email annualgiving@udel.edu or call 866-535-4504 .